R6.1 * BILLION
BENEFIT PAID + 27 % FROM 2020
TOTAL HEALTH AND LIFE RISK CLAIMS R4 263 120 000 **
Sickness benefits R1 095 million
Sickness benefits paid
+ 15 % from 2020
Total cancer claims across all benefits
R423 874 696
TOP FIVE CAUSES :
21 % Mental and behavioural disorders 6 %
Diseases of the respiratory system
15 %
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases 5 % Cancer
13 % Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
R1 850 million Life Cover benefits paid + 65 % from 2020
R377 million Critical Illness benefits paid + 44 % from 2020
R700 million Permanent Incapacity benefits paid + 12 % from 2020
R239 million Lump-Sum Disability benefits paid + 43 % from 2020
Gender split of claims :
Male
58 %
Female
42 %
24 151
Number of claims processed
96
Number of claims per day
R24.4 million *
Averaged paid per working day
COVID-19-related claims :
R1.4 billion
Total amount paid for COVID-19-related claims Sickness : 11 587 claims paid to the value of R423.6 million
Death :
193 claims paid to the value of R974.8 million
** All health and life risk claims ( excluding short-term insurance and Profit-Share pay-outs ).